Detail
Materials : ink and light colour on silk
wooden boxed (double / signed by painter)
Size : W 41.5 × H 105 cm (Image) ・ W 56 × H 201 cm (Mount)
Exhibit in "Takeuchi Seiho:A Destructive and Creative Force"(Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art/2023). Appeared in the catalogue.
Certification by TOOCFA(Toobi Certification for Fine Arts)
Artist History
Takeuchi Seiho (1864-1942) was a Japanese painter. He was born in Kyoto. At the age of 17, he entered the private school of Kono Bairei, a painter of the Shijo school. He is known as the leader of Bairei's four heavenly kings. While he was a leading figure in the Kyoto art world, he also actively taught the younger generation.He also established his own private school,the Chikujokai. His students included Uemura Shoen, Nishiyama Suisho, Tsuchida Bakusen, Ono Chikkyo, and Hashimoto Kansetsu. In 1937, he was awarded the first Order of Culture.
